Dear Second Grade Parents:

We believe all students can progress in their academic knowledge provided they have a partnership between home and school. As we work together, students will become independent readers being able to read a variety of literature. Students will achieve their goal of knowing and understanding addition and subtraction facts to 24.

As second grade writers progress throughout the year, their abilities will increase to meet state standards.

Love,

The Second Grade Teachers

Mathematics

• Unit 7 Addition/Subtraction
  • 24 count back change
  • 25 +/- with coins
  • 27 +/- 2 and 3 digit #s
  • 28 use inverse operations
  • 29 use mental math to solve problems
  • 30 estimate for reasonable solutions
  • 52 use basic properties of addition
  • 53 use expressions: >, <, =

Science

• Astronomy
  • 7 describe the universe as including the moon, sun, other stars and planets
  • 7a describe the physical attributes of stars (size, brightness and patterns)
  • 7b identify gravity as the force that pulls objects towards the center of the earth and as a force that exists between the earth and the moon and the earth and other planets
  • 8 investigate the position of the sun and moon to show patterns throughout the year
  • 8a compare how the sky is different at various times of the year
  • 8b investigate the position of the sun in relation to a fixed object on Earth at various times of the day
  • 8c determine how shadows change through the day by making a shadow stick or using a sun dial
  • 8d relate the length of the day and night to the change in seasons (days are longer than nights in the summer)
  • 8e use observations and charts to record the shape of the moon for a period of time

Social Studies

• Skills 1 – 17 Civil Rights
  • 28 read about and describe the lives of historical figures Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jackie Robinson
  • 29 describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jackie Robinson
  • 30 define the concept of government and the need for rules and laws as demonstrated by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jackie Robinson
  • 31 cite examples of how Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jackie Robinson demonstrated the positive citizenship traits of honesty, dependability, liberty, trustworthiness, honor, civility, good sportsmanship, patience and compassion
  • 42 explain that because of scarcity, people must make choices and incur opportunity costs
  • 43 identify ways in which goods and services are allocated (by price; majority rule; contests; force; sharing; lottery; command; first-come, first served; and personal characteristics)

Language Arts

• Listening/Speaking/Viewing
  • 4 listen/respond to evaluative questions Reading
  • 15 identify explicit facts/infer implicit facts
  • 16 identify/infer main idea/details
  • 17 identify/infer cause-effect
  • 24 follow multi-step directions
  • 25 recognize the author’s purpose to inform
  • 40 determine meaning based on context
  • 47 use thesaurus
• Word Study
  • 39 recognize and read words containing root words/prefixes
• Writing
  • 39 write words containing root words/prefixes
  • 51 write consistently in complete sentences with correct subject/verb agreement
  • 53 simple/compound sentences
  • 55 use conjunctions
  • 68 uses traditional organizational patterns for conveying information
• Writing - Informational
  • 60 explore the indentation/ double-spacing
  • 71 begin to create graphic features (charts, tables, graphs)
  • 80 add facts/details
  • 81 use graphic features (charts, tables, graphs)
  • 82 use variety of resources (encyclopedia, Internet, books)
• Writing - Narrative Reference/Study Skills
  • 93 use glossary, index, guide words, appendix
• Reference/Study Skills
  • 93 use glossary, index, guide words, appendix